diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index e2c1db13f..d29499a67 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -289,26 +289,31 @@ task release(type: Copy, group: 'build') {
 // Dependencies
 //****************************************************************************/
 dependencies {
-    api "org.opensearch:opensearch:${opensearch_version}"
+    implementation "org.opensearch:opensearch:${opensearch_version}"
+    implementation group: 'com.google.guava', name: 'failureaccess', version:'1.0.1'
+    implementation group: 'com.google.guava', name: 'guava', version:'32.1.3-jre'
+    implementation group: 'commons-lang', name: 'commons-lang', version: '2.6'
+    implementation 'com.github.oshi:oshi-core:6.4.13'
+    implementation "net.java.dev.jna:jna:5.13.0"
+    implementation "net.java.dev.jna:jna-platform:5.13.0"
+    // OpenSearch core is using slf4j 1.7.36. Therefore, we cannot change the version here.
+    implementation 'org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.7.36'
+
     compileOnly "org.opensearch.plugin:opensearch-scripting-painless-spi:${versions.opensearch}"
-    api group: 'com.google.guava', name: 'failureaccess', version:'1.0.1'
-    api group: 'com.google.guava', name: 'guava', version:'32.1.3-jre'
-    api group: 'commons-lang', name: 'commons-lang', version: '2.6'
-    testFixturesImplementation "org.opensearch.test:framework:${opensearch_version}"
+
     testImplementation group: 'net.bytebuddy', name: 'byte-buddy', version: '1.15.10'
     testImplementation group: 'org.objenesis', name: 'objenesis', version: '3.3'
     testImplementation group: 'net.bytebuddy', name: 'byte-buddy-agent', version: '1.15.4'
+
+    testFixturesImplementation group: 'com.google.guava', name: 'guava', version:'32.1.3-jre'
+    testFixturesImplementation group: 'commons-lang', name: 'commons-lang', version: '2.6'
+    testFixturesImplementation "org.opensearch.test:framework:${opensearch_version}"
     // json-path 2.9.0 depends on slf4j 2.0.11, which conflicts with the version used by OpenSearch core.
     // Excluding slf4j here since json-path is only used for testing, and logging failures in this context are acceptable.
     testFixturesImplementation('com.jayway.jsonpath:json-path:2.9.0') {
         exclude group: 'org.slf4j', module: 'slf4j-api'
     }
     testFixturesImplementation "org.opensearch:common-utils:${version}"
-    implementation 'com.github.oshi:oshi-core:6.4.13'
-    api "net.java.dev.jna:jna:5.13.0"
-    api "net.java.dev.jna:jna-platform:5.13.0"
-    // OpenSearch core is using slf4j 1.7.36. Therefore, we cannot change the version here.
-    implementation 'org.slf4j:slf4j-api:1.7.36'
 
     zipArchive group: 'org.opensearch.plugin', name:'opensearch-security', version: "${opensearch_build}"
 }